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My middle school football coach uses this as a lead hose from the water supply to a 4-way splitter to 4 sprinkler to irrigate the practice field. The water supply is a non-reduced, full-hydrant pressure tapped off of a fire hydrant pipe! There is enough pressure that if we turn it on full blast, the sprinklers will flip them selves over. luckily, we split it to 4 of them. This hose bears that full high pressure with out swelling or leaking. I promise you, this little hose gets tortured when the water is on and it survives with no negative effect!

I cut it to the length I needed, attached it to a dehumidifier in my basement and was able to send the water from the machine directly into the drain. Saves a lot of daily maintenance.

I purchased this hose, several years ago. It's a very sturdy hose that is still working well. I keep it outside on my front patio all year around. It's not in inclement weather, as I live in Southern California. For my needs, it works perfect. I'd buy again.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that this package came with not one, but two hoses! I use one hose to water my flowers, and connect the additional hose to this one when I want to wash my car, spray out the garage, hook-up a sprinkler, fill-up a pool, etc.I've had it for a few months now, and use it everyday to water my flowers, and it's at the same high quality, and durability as when I first got it.The price is unbeatable for the quality, and durability of these hoses. It's clearly made of high-quality material, and is very easy to hook up and use. Along with the price, it's a Prime purchase, and was at my door step in two days! These are the types of deals I love to find on Amazon.I haven't written many reviews, and paid the full price for this product, but felt the need to post a review for it because it was an unbeatable price for the quality, durability, and convenience this product provides.

Hose seems to be built stronger than I expected after reading all the reviews. This was a black hose with gold strips. I'm going to use it as a suction hose with a small 12 volt rv pump and believe the 15 feet will allow me to get close to the waters edge with no problem. As many pointed out the fittings are thin metal and may not hold up well with continued use. I plan on splicing into the hose anyway to add barb adapters to fit the 1/2 pump connectors. Since I'm not even sure this will work, I was glad to be able to order a decent quality hose for such a reasonable price. I did take a look at Wal-mart RV hoses and none of the 15 foot ones were of the quality of this hose and the connectors were about the same and the price about a dollar more.

This was a recommended addition to my purchase of the "Frigidaire FAD704DWD Energy Star 70-pint Dehumidifier". I use a gravity drain to a French Drain in the basement. The dehumidifier is about 10' from a hole into the drain and this hose did the job nicely. It comes rolled up and I had to run hot water thru it and then lay it out on the blacktop driveway in the hot sun to get it to lay straight.

This has been great for monitoring my reptile enclosure/vivarium (IJ Blue Tongue Skink). My lizard knocked it into her water dish and it sat fully submerged for at least several hours. When I saw and pulled it out, the screen was blank and water was pouring out of all the holes. I took out the battery and let it dry out for 5 days. Popped the battery in, and it works! I now have it wedged so she can't move it around. (I used another gauge and a temp thermal gun to verify it's still giving accurate readings.) It's also helpful to know the highs and lows for the past 24 hours, since sometimes it can really vary. This has helped me maintain a more consistent level of humidity. Would recommend for anyone needing to monitor tropical/humid reptiles or amphibians.

works great - very accurate and rugged tooI keep one in a grow tent and another clipped to the side of some er home grown herb bucket so I know how the plant is as well as the tent as a whole. dropped on the floor, dropped in mud and they still work great.I think I've just been lucky with my misuse but my special orchids bloom like crazy because these guys let me know exactly how my micro environment is doing.too big to use in 1qt canning jars tho.

I have tested this device against my other gauges and it has proven accurate, it is easily read, the memory of highs and lows are helpful when you're monitoring a room that may have issues or maintaining a walk in humidor or a room you want particularly dry like a server room.Another bonus is that the device comes with a clip that also has a magnet adhered to the back. I have mine stuck to a filing cabinet in a room I need to stay consistently dry.The price was great, have I any further need for a room hygrometer I will certainly be buying this one.

Good product bought 4 all were the same, for $10 great deal, a very good humidistat would cost $100. I compared all 4 together after 2 hours they were all the same, even though two are off by one it is more like .2 after the photo I started to move one when I came back they were all reading the same.

We purchased this AcuRite monitor to see how much of a temperate difference we see in our master bedroom (which has poor insulation) and the rest of the house. During the first week I hung this unit next to our house thermometer and found it to be constantly one degree lower than our house reading. I have not way of knowing which one is more accurate, although I did notice that they moved in sync with daily fluctuations. It was very nice seeing what the daily fluctuations were, especially as we have to dogs and could not monitor what the house temperature fluctuations were while we were gone to work.Subsequently, we moved the monitor to our master bedroom. Curing the colder spring months we found out master bedroom about 2-3 degrees cooler than the rest of the house. It was reassuring to know that the difference was not greater. During summer months, we have noticed a 3-4 degree increase in temperature in the same room (compared to the listed temperature on our house thermometer. Again, during summer, the temperature move in sync. We do not use the AC much, so were see enough temperature variations to make this comment worthwhile.

I purchased two of these as I wanted something digital and I liked that it recorded the highs and lows for each: humidity and temperature. Right out of the package they both read identical humidity and temperature which was great. I then brought them to my work and put them in a stabilty chamber to test against a calibrated expensive humidty guage at 63.3% RH and 25.x C. Both units measured within a single percent of RH and ready 25 C. I then calibrated the units in a nitrogen filled instrument with a calibrated unit. The calibrated unit read 0.0 % RH while both units read 16. I figured out that these units DO NOT work below 20 % RH and instead display 16 %. I then tested them in open rooms compared to a calibrated unit at 20-30% RH and these babies read within a single unit of % RH and about 0.5 degrees C. I have no way of calibrating them higher and not sure how high they will read accurately but I'm curious to see what they'll read outside in the rain. Otherwise they are great units for the price.

It's a hose. Fifteen feet long. Female screw-connect at one end, male screw-connect at the other end, both brass. Fairly durable reinforced rubber construction, but definitely not meant for 'heavy duty' industrial use or permanent sun exposure; there are more durable hoses on the market for that sort of thing. i don't know what else you want me to say, it's just a hose. I use it for draining my dehumidifier, but it would also be good for gardening or other things.

I was fooled by the "Made in USA" tag to believe this might be a quality product worth the $11 I paid for it. It is not! After less than 2 weeks of sparing use, the hose blew out in the middle. The material just burst length-wise and released water all over the place. It's not that I'd have a high pressure on my water line, it's an old hose and I've never had this happen to any of my garden hoses before.Update: I had to change my review from 1 star to 4 star. It turned out that my house pressure reducer had gone bad and I was indeed getting getting supply pressure on all my lines (120 PSI). The fact that the hose burst instead of releasing the fittings at that pressure leaves a bad taste still. I suppose it would have held up ok if the pressure had stayed below 60 PSI.

Good hose, hose in pic is black. I received green which was disappointing. Read description, colors may vary. My fault but they should have made it bigger so consumer can see.

I gave four stars because I thought I bought this black hose in the picture and the one I got was a maroon brick color. Which is fine but misleading. It fits my dehumidifier fine leaks from the connection spot but does the job.

It's a functioninh, 15 foot hose. I use it for a drain off a dehumidifier and it works perfectly for that. One thing to note, the pictured black hose does not even come close to resembling what I actually got, thus why I give it 4 stars. I do realize it states actual product may be a different color, but not only was the color different but so we're the connectors...

Hose is the perfect length to drain the dehumidifier into the basement drain without having to keep the appliance right next to the drain; allows the dehumidifier to be in the center of basement and drain adequately

Needed something inexpensive to monitor partially finished, below grade basement. Have a dehumidifier set to run automatically in the space but no way to ensure it was operating +/- to setting. After two weeks of acclimation, the two still don't match but they are w/in ~ 5% of each other. That's all I needed to have confidence I wasn't allowing mold, etc. Can't be sure which is more accurate but this gets me in the ballpark. If you need pinpoint accuracy this may not be the unit for you.

Seems accurate, works and functions fine. I would recommend the ThermoPro TP50 over this unit though because i like its design better, its more compact, cheaper, and comes with a battery. This unit is also unable to reset the ranges whenever you want unlike the ThermoPro TP50 that can do that.

Considering the low price, this is a great little device. When I first got it, about 60 days ago, I was extremely disappointed at the inaccuracy of it. Comparing it to other devices, the humidity and the temperature were each in error by close to 10 percent. However, I discovered that it was because I used a NiMH rechargeable battery, which is lower voltage than an alkaline battery (1.5v for alkaline, 1.25 for the NiMH I used). After 42 days, the device shut itself off completely; no "low battery" warning of any kind. When I replaced the battery with an alkaline AA cell, the temperature and humidity readings matched other devices closely. I experimented, trying different NiMH batteries, making sure they were fully charged. In each test, the temperature and humidity readings were off by about 10 percent when using a NiMH rechargeable battery, and the readings were accurate when using an alkaline battery. I would give this device 5 stars if the seller gave some information about the sensitivity to voltage; but they do not (as of December 2015).Another experiment I conducted with this device was to place it in a plastic bag with a small packet of desiccant in the bag. The humidity reading did in fact drop quickly, and matched the readings of tests I conducted with other devices. When I buy herbs, I place them in double-zip bags with desiccant to help preserve freshness and to prevent mold. But I always wondered how much difference the desiccant really made, and how many packets would be required to significantly lower the humidity inside the bag. It turns out that one 10 gram packet inside a 1-quart zip-lock bag lowers the internal humidity to below 10 percent. The desiccant packets can be dried periodically in a low-temperature convection oven, and reused. The AcuRite device is small enough, and easy to read while inside the bag, so is helpful to me for gaining some data to help keep my herbs fresher.

UPDATE - This helped me with adjusting the temp of my fridge (I do NOT recommend GE, check consumer reports at the library). Also adding a few full gallon jugs of water to the back of the fridge helped lower the temp swings that happen when you open the door (AcuRite keeps track of the lowest/highest temp for maybe 24 hours). Read up but it's probably not good to put easily spoiled items in the door and maybe the top shelf (depending on temp settings, fridge quality, etc)Original -I'll update later. For now it works fine after surviving some USPS brutality (you'll need an AA battery). When you turn it on it will SLOWLY start lowering the # on the temp display if your house is cool, I just assume it's taking its time to be more accurate. The display temp eventually matched my home's digital A/C temp setting. I learned that my A/C lowers the humidity a little too much. I hear plants can help that a bit, I recommend spider plants and snake plants for better home air quality, not sure about their effect on humidity though.

Very nice little hygrometer.With any hygrometer you should check the calibration if accuracy is a concern. Many can be off by 3-5% - not critical in some cases, but definitely critical in precision acoustic instrument building as I do.Checking calibration is simple - I follow the directions from http://www.hermitcrabassociation.com/pages/calibrate.html" A simple, easy to do at home means of calibrating hygrometers uses standard salt and a sealed container. Table salt, when used properly, will maintain an exact 75% humidity in a perfectly sealed environment. So, to do this, you'll need three items. First, obtain an airtight container such as a see-through tub with a tight fitting snap-on lid (the kind usually found in most kitchens). Alternately, a heavy-duty zip-lock bag will do. Second, you'll need about a teaspoon of salt. Third, any small, shallow open container is needed (to hold the salt in) such as a screw cap from a plastic bottle.Place the salt in its small container and add a few drops of water to moisten it. Don't dissolve it yet. With just a few drops of water, you'll get what you need, which is damp salt. Next, carefully place the salt in its small container, along with your hygrometer, into the airtight container. Please do not get any moistened salt on the gauge. Also, check to see that the starting point (current reading) is anywhere in the 40% to 80% range.Seal the container tightly. Note: if you have any doubt as to whether or not it is a perfectly sealed environment, double-it-up by putting it in a second container, or into a second baggie. Do not try to remove the remaining air trapped inside. Now, wait for at least 5 or 6 hours until the environment has stabilized. Do not open the container. Read the gauge's humidity % level. It should be exactly 75%. If it is not, note the deviation as being the amount your hygrometer is out of calibration. If for example, it reads 68%, the gauge is 7% low. If on the other hand it reads 80%, the gauge is 5% high"

Cheap, works like expected.Has fridge magnet on the back, belt clip, and desk stand.Reads humidity very clearly, and temperature.Only star off, is no 'reset' button.You'd have to take out the battery for a second, to get the numbers to reset (highs and lows in humidity and temps).It also has a Celcius/Farenheit button in the back, to switch temperature readout.It also has an indicator (little house on the top right) to indicate if humidity is too much or too low.50% humidity is ok.Lower, and some people get a dry throat feeling.Higher than 90 and the air feels, and smells moist.The readout frequency updates about every 15 seconds. When I blew in the vents, it took the device about 1 minute to come to a stop (in rising humidity), so it doesn't work immediately.Can't tell how long the battery will last, and a last con would be that it has no backlight, and no alarm/timer built in (you'd think for a small device like this, they would incorporate a clock, as well as a weather predictor?).

You get what you pay for. It's made very cheap, but does the job. Just don't use it with high pressure water or leave it in the sun. Simple hose fora very simple job.

On the third time I used it the hose ripped open from right under the metal part where the nozzle would hook up to. They sent me a brand new one and didn't have to ship the old one back so that was why it gets 3 stars.

I had to return the first one because it leaked, then I almost returned the second one for the same reason until a co-worker suggested I tighten it down with a couple wrenches. I'm 6'-2" 200lbs ish, I think it's reasonable to expect that I should be able to tighten this with my bare hands. I attached 2 wrenches and tightened the hose down more, the leaking stopped.The hose does what it's supposed to, move water from A to B, but the connections are of poor quality and thus the 3 star review.

Since I ordered two, this is a "Jekyll and Hyde" Review! Both hoses are thick-walled, appear to be 5/8" inside diameter. Black Hose functions perfectly. Hooked it's littermate Green Hose to it for an extra few feet... With a pistol-grip spray nozzle, Green Hose has a noticeable leak where it joins Blackie. Also, when I "flipped" Greenie the first time get get more length, it kinked. I have no way of tightening a crimp-type hose fitting, so I will live with the leak. Yes, I will order more, I love the length and will take my chances with more factory flaws. I will not return Greenie, not worth the effort and expense.

i got a green nylon reinforced hose and its okay. it bulges a little under high pressure. picture shows a rubber hose which would have been ideal and a 5 star i use rubber hoses and have never been let down

This was a recommended product along with Frigidaire FFAD5033R1 Energy Star Dehumidifier , i thought amazon recommendation would work, unfortunately it leaks, i am going to return it. items looks good, it does not work with Dehumidifier, so be careful buyers don't go with recommended purchaseUpdate: I had to go to Ace Hardware and buy a washer for 20 cents, which made to stop the leak, now it is working, i wish they had supplied that along with the Hose.

It seems fine but I have four sources of humidity readings in my basement (two dehumidifiers, a "weather station" and this one, and they vary by about 30 degrees from high to low in the same area, with no two readings even close... so I have no idea which is the most accurate. This reads somewhere in the middle of the others. I like the fact that it gives the high-low range on temp and humidity, in addition to the actual (?) readings for each. I just adjust the dehumidifiers for how it "feels" there.

These are great! However.. they need better calibration. I bought quite a few of these because they work out well for a quick glance of controls in the garden. Having five of these lined up right next to each other they all gave a different reading. Not way off, but enough if you want a more accurate readings. For me it's not going to stop me from using them but I do think they could still be closer in calibration.

EDIT: Stopped working after about a year and a half of just sitting on a shelf. Bottom of the screen went blank, and fresh batteries didn't help.These things are really handy to have around the house. We burn wood in the winter, which necessitates using a humidifier to keep the air comfortable. This little unit lets us monitor how cold the house gets overnight, as well as the humidity level. It's small and can stand on its own, so we typically move it from room to room to make sure heat is getting circulated properly. This coming winter we'll probably order another one or two.

Good points: One unit read the correct temperature. The other unit was low by 2°F (1C). The RH on both units was accurate and responded quickly. The display is easy to read although most people expect the largest number to be the temperature, instead, that is the RH.Bad: The unit only works in whole numbers (integer) degrees Celsius. It then converts the temperature into Fahrenheit using those integer Celsius values. Some the temperatures are roughly displayed in 2°F steps. Most people want something with a tenth of a degree Fahrenheit reading. I hated it so much I gave one unit away. The other unit is only used for the RH reading.

PROS:- Affordable- Easy operation- Allows for the use of rechargeable batteriesCONS:- No backlit options. At nights, it is not possible to read the values.- Inaccurate reading and slow to reflect changes. Although my application is to keep an eye on the humidity of the space where my parrots are kept and so super precise readings are not required, there are discrepancies between identical units and in general by several stops in compare to other models. Some have reported drilling holes to increase air circulation for faster adjustments to the reading, but that is too much of a hassle.- I find it valuable to have a clock and date displayed as part of the panel.

I would love to give this a 4 or 5 star rating. The price is right. The temperature reading is pretty close to accurate, which is all I really wanted from this. I would agree with a lot of other reviews that point out the Humidity reading is hit or miss. I have two of these. I sat them side by side for a few days. The temperatures always agreed, but there was typically a 5 or 6 percent different humidity reading between the two. If one read 60%, the other read 66%. I live in Florida - it is alway humid. I really didn't buy these for the humidity information. However, if that is what you need, these may not be for you.

Lately, Amazon has been dropping the ball on shipping and packaging. I have more problems with how the product arrived than with the products themselves. This is another case. The hose leader is fine. Quality of the hose and fittings is fine. But the hose was wrapped with plastic strapping that was cinched so tight it crimped the hose in several spots. It will work for what I need it to do, but there's really no excuse for negligently damaging a perfectly fine product.

Good hose - but kinda disappointed that there was no washer in the female connection.connected it to the faucet and water leaked everywhere - once I purchased and inserted a washer - worked great.Not that the is an expensive item - but going to the store to get one is a pain - and since its a few cents - the vendor could have easily included one.fell down on customer ease of use!

I attached this to my dehumidifier with a horizontal spout. After about 3 days, it started to leak from the neck. When I attach it to a regular vertical spout out side there is no leak.

The hose I received is much cheaper than the one pictured. It's the very thin, fake plastic, green kind that kink and flatten very easily. Fittings are pretty low quality too. They leak unless they are screwed on very tight. It works OK for my application (dehumidifier to pump) but I was expecting a lot better quality from the photo.

The one I got was green instead of black (perhaps I didn't pay close enough attention to what I ordered. Additionally, the o-ring started leaking after a couple of days. I had to replace it. (I was using this to constantly drain from a de-humidifier.

For a price of this range I do not expect much from the product. However, I was disappointed when I got the hose out of box. It looks like an old hose with new end fittings installed. The surface is covered with scrathces and lack lusters. I use it outdoors under direct sun. It still works fine after two weeks, but I do not know how long it will last considering it comes in "used" status.

I bought this to monitor temperature and humidity under my plant lights. Worked fine for a while, then the second number on the thermometer faded so that it can only be view from an angle. So something in the device display is not working properly. I can see no visible damage to the display Everything else continutes to work. New batteries did not help. I used this under my plant lights to monitor temperature and humidity....so perhaps moisture or heat caused the problem.

It works for what i wanted.It seems to skip a degree though. I usually read 73-75-77, never see 74 or 76.But it wasnt needed for it's precision, and works for what i wanted it to.EDIT: Bought another that is more precise, to compare. Watching a climb of 75 to 77 degrees, this monitor stayed at 75 the entire time. Not very accurate. Only recommend if you are not worried about a degree or two of separation. Not what I wanted though.

I bought this a long time ago and it never worked, it would say 65 degrees f and ~25% all the time no matter what the temperature or humidity was. Clearly broken, but it was so cheap I wasn't going to return it.Recently I had it lying around and decided to open it up and see if there was anything interesting going on inside and lo and behold, I found a glaring problem. One of the legs of the temp/humidity sensor itself was never soldered on. There was solder on the solder pad where it should have been attached, but the leg was up and off to the left, nowhere near the pad.So I heated up my soldering iron and attached the detached leg. The monitor now works properly as far as I can tell. It's responding to temperature changes and humidity changes, though it's very slow to respond and I can't vouch for its accuracy yet.Bottom line, it's a poorly manufactured product, but if you have issues with it like I did, try opening it up and checking the solder joints. You might be able to fix it pretty easily.

I bought the AcuRite 00613 Indoor Humidity Monitor due to its being recommended at another website. For the past couple of weeks I have had the AcuRite sitting next to a Fischer synthetic hair hygrometer - the least expensive, higher quality hygrometer I had been able to find previously. With my Honeywell evaporative humidifier on during the nights and off during the days, the AcuRite consistently reads about 13-15%age points less than the Fischer. I actually have two Fischers, and the second Fisher (usually in another room) is currently reading 3%age points lower than the first Fischer as they sit side by side. Still, that is a 10-12 point difference. I do not currently own a sling psychrometer (one of the most accurate measures of humidity), so I can't be certain which hygrometer is the most accurate, but I do know I'd be putting my money on one of the Fischers. Also, after the first week of using the AcuRite with its very small slotted vents, I drilled 20 holes in the plastic case to promote air circulation. It made no significant difference. I will note that the unit is very responsive to changes in humidity - just breathe on it and the numbers rise quickly, just, I suspect, not very accurately.

My house has a weird humidity issue looks like. Disclaimer: My house is in a flood zone and we can see up to 12 inches of water in the crawl space sometimes. Yes, it scary!That said, I'm told that if you run the heater continuously; which is the case in my house as my wife is always feeling cold, the humidity falls to desert level conditions which would mean under 25%. The opposite happens in my house. In winter the humidity goes up when the heater is running continuously. A co-worker suggested that if there is lack of humidity, then it might be drawing humidity from some other source, which in my case would be the crawl space. But that theory does not hold good for the upstairs bedroom where the humidity goes up as well with running heater.Anyways, I'm sort of convinced this product is not doing what its supposed to be doing unless someone can tell me otherwise. So, I told Amazon customer service that I would like to return this. So, they sent me another one for free and told me to toss the first one in the garbage. The second one is way off as well...on the higher side. See the picture of both of them side-by-side showing different readings. They were in the same place together for quite sometime before I snapped the picture. The color variation is due to one being closer to the cabinet than the other. They are consistently showing different readings.

I purchased this hygrometer to use inside a terrarium in order to monitor temperature and humidity. Unfortunately, it only worked for a few days before it began malfunctioning, the characters on the display fading away until they were completely gone. It appears to me that the device could not handle the high humidity conditions of my terrarium.I like the design and features of this Acu-Rite device, but if it can't handle humidity without breaking down it's not much help to me.If anyone knows where I can get a device like this that can handle high humidity environments (90%+) please comment below as I haven't had much luck finding a reliable hygrometer.

This is, by far, the single most (inadvertently) destructive product that I have ever purchased off of Amazon, and words cannot describe how much I wish I had noticed the other reviews on this item before purchasing it. The end connector on this hose is very poorly made, and leaks continuously... the result being that when it is hooked up to a dehumidifier, any water removed from the air ends up immediately on the floor below. In my case, I did not notice the leak for several weeks... so the situation is very bad.

Water leaks from the dehumidifier. I had attached this hose and next day my basement was partly flooded. I had made sure that it was tightly sealed. Water was still leaking through washer.It defeats the purpose of having dehumidifier when the water is leaking through water hose.

Not compatible with Frigidaire FFAD7033R1 Energy Star Dehumidifier. It leaks water at the end of the hose. Water from dehumidifer went into the hose and then leaked from the hose. Throw it away...

When purchasing a Frigidaire dehumidifier (model FFAD7033R1), Amazon displayed a "recommendation" that others often bought this hose along with the dehumidifier. It uses VERY cheap connectors. As others have noted in their reviews here, it leaks at the connector swivel point on the critical end and is unacceptable for use as a drain hose with a basement dehumidifier. The result is drip, drip, drip, at the connection, so that a lot of the moisture removed from the air ends up as water on the floor near the unit.Unfortunately, I did not take the time to fully read the reviews for this low-cost hose and essentially wasted $6.50 based on the Amazon recommendation. It would not be economically to return it (it would cost more than the price to ship it back). Also, in my case, I cut the opposite end down to obtain a better length (about 5 feet) since my dehumidifier is right next to floor drain.Do not buy this. Save the money. A trip to the local Home Depot or garden supply store would have been a much better idea in my case.

This hose lasted a week before breaking . The compression fitting under the female screw cap constantly leaked and i just gave up on it. New Rubber washers I had - Teflon tape - nothing worked but to cut the end off and put a universal end on that I had. Look at the discoloration too..You get what you pay for on this one.

The connector hose that I received a bad one and it was unusable. It was rolled very tightly into a small circle causing the hose opening in the hose to be collapsed in multiple locations down the length of the hose. The wall of the hose was so hard that it could not be unrolled and the lumen of the hose could not be opened where it was collapsed. This hose appeared as though it was very old and it had been around for a long time. Therefore, this hose was definitely not usable. I called the Frigidaire company and they are sending me a replacement hose but I have not received it as of now. This is a disappointing experience.

Have had this unit running for 24 hours now, and none of the readings are correct. Humidity reads in my apartment at 26% and the humidity level icon says its OK, which is NOT in a healthy range, according to the instruction manual. Also, it says my temperature is 79 degrees, and my thermostat reads 70 degrees. Not trustworthy. Don't buy this one!

I have had this now for a year and it is inaccurate by 5 degrees Fahrenheit. I have set the a/c in the house to 78 and it shows 73. I have also tested the area this sits with an infrared thermometer and that shows the temperature to be 77.8. I even changed the battery. Who knows how accurate the humidity sensor is. Not sure how this has so many good reviews.

purchased 6 of these over the past 5 yrs. and they worked great. Purchased 4 more in 2017 but they are way off. I lined all 10 of the ones we own in a row and the old ones all read within 1 degree or % of each other but the 4 new ones are way off. 9% humidity and 7 degrees which is huge discrepancy. All read different too.Used to be a good instrument for the money.

I bought this on Dec 22 2016. It worked well for months. Today (April 24 2017), only 4 months later, I noticed it was not on/working. I swapped out the battery for a new one and it still did not work. I tried 3 different batteries (including ones from my TV remote that I know to be working) and still did not work. Sad it didnt work longer.

Item is defective and has a terrible return policy. If you want to return it, you have to pay shipping and handling. After the company receives the product, THEY decide if it is defective.My product will not display anything below 53% humidity. I purposely put it in a low humidity environment and a high humidity environment for 24 hours each. I did the salt test and it displayed 72% humidity, which is close enough, but no matter what I do, it will not read below 53%.

Don't bother. Bought it mid January and two weeks after the return window to Amazon expired, the screen is displaying fragments of the numbers, i.e., the digital display is broken. Hasn't been dropped, submerged or damaged in any way. Apparently not good quality.